Journalists ensure the right of the public to be informed on all matters of public interest. They contribute to forming an educated electorate that can hold democratic authority to account.
Journalists and other media actors can only fulfil their important role only when they are able to work without interference and fear of violence, arbitrary detention and harassment. The Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists aims to improve the protection of journalists, better address threats and violence against media professionals and foster early warning mechanisms and response capacity within the Council of Europe. Corruption destroys freedom and makes people poor.
It erodes the rule of law, constitutes a denial of human rights and hinders social and economic development. It is estimated that hundreds of billions of Euros are paid in bribes every year. Ethical conduct, the rule of law, efficiency and effectiveness, transparency, sound financial management and accountability are all part of good governance. Effective democracy and good governance are essential for preventing conflicts, promoting stability, facilitating economic and social progress, and hence for creating sustainable communities where people want to live and work, now and in the future.
How to address discrimination, prejudice and intolerance, prevent and combating violent extremism and radicalisation in a sustainable and proactive way? Education for democracy and human rights is key to building inclusive societies with effective democratic institutions and respect for human rights. The right to assemble peacefully, together with the freedoms of expression and of association, rests at the core of any functioning democratic system.
Protecting freedom to peacefully assemble is crucial to creating a tolerant and pluralistic society in which groups with different beliefs, practices or policies can exist peacefully together. Civil liberties, free speech and the rule of law are under threat. Progression-related teaching materials, and insight from the Unifrog platform, emailed to you once a month. The importance of democracy How our system of government impacts our lives.
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It is included as standard for Unifrog partner schools. Governments, systems of groups or people who organise communities, have existed for at least 5, years. Nowadays, the method of rule that most countries live under is democracy. What is democracy? This can either be: Through direct democracy. Everyone gets the chance to vote on the outcome of a decision. An example is the Brexit referendum in Through representative democracy.
People vote to elect officials to make decisions to reflect the wishes of the people, such as the US Congress and UK Parliament. What other systems are used? However, some countries have different systems of government: Oligarchy. While democracies give power to the many, oligarchies give power to the few. Power is often passed from one group to the next without the majority of the population voting. Some present day examples include Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
In autocracies, a single person possesses absolute power to rule over the country. Constitutional monarchy. A constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a singular person a monarch - usually a king or queen has agreed to share power with a constitutionally organised form of government.
Monarchs usually achieve their position through hereditary succession, meaning they are born into it through their family. Common examples include Britain, Belgium and Spain. In authoritarian systems, economic growth is more likely to be narrowly based on a small section of the population and corruption is likely to be higher. Few countries with authoritarian systems of government have achieved high levels of growth in the long term.
Do not try to force poor countries into a standardised prescription of economic reforms. Recognise the important role of coalition building in building democracies and be aware that this process can take several decades. The idea that national security trumps democracy promotion should be revised.
Donors should pay greater attention to the links between autocracy, poverty and conflict. They should recognise that support for autocracies in the past has not provided security benefits to the US and its allies. Democracy cannot be forced from the outside. The motivation and sacrifice needed to attain and sustain a democracy can only come from within a society.
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